You know, for just $499.99 I'll sell you my shoe locating technology. Just place the remote on your key ring, and the receiver on your shoe. Click to make your shoe chirp. Act now and buy one for the price of two and receive a second Shoe Chirper free!

They seem to go one way or the other. My husband's grandmother gave away.most of her money to virtually anyone who asked (and called social services on whoever tried to stop her), but my own grandparents treated everyone but immediate family as potential conmen.

Hah not me, as I grow older I seem to be getting more and more paranoid. The nursing home is gonna LOVE me when I start setting up spy cams everywhere, running the license plate of everyone who drives into the parking lot and start doing background checks on every person who walks into my room :P Never can be too careful ya know!

AverageAmericanGuy : It's a positive feedback loop. Old people are more vulnerable to being scammed, so scammers target old people, so old people get scammed more.

I agree. When my Aunt turned 80 she got on some kind of old fogies list and she gets three times the "gimme money" mail that we get. And when the land line rings, it's usually for her from some other "gimme money" group. With me as soon as they launch into their sales pitch I hang up. But most of her friends have up and died or gone away, to nursing homes or to live with their kids and she gets lonely. So she listens to them. Which no doubt gets her on more lists.

Jake Havechek:Zeb Hesselgresser: Jake Havechek: I almost started a driveway sealing business with a buddy in high school, a few years before that process was found to be essentially useless.

Those guys do pretty well in our area, you can extend the life of an asphalt driveway for years by maintaining it properly. Who told you it was useless?

In New England WE'RE EFFING TIGHTWADS, with the temperature extremes, it's pretty useless, that's why we seal the cracks only, not the entire driveway.

FTFY

I'm a contractor who has lived and done business in the NYC area, the mountain west, and now in new hampshire.

As a group, you people in new england (I'm speaking of the natives, not transplants) give the concept of being a cheapskate a whole new meaning.

I gave up trying to work for the natives. All my clients are transplanted white collar folks. You crackers are in the same class as people from india. You aren't satisfied with getting a good deal. You want it for nothing.

As for sealing your driveway, some people do it for the aesthetics. It just looks nice when you recoat it.

Basily Gourt:Jake Havechek: Zeb Hesselgresser: Jake Havechek: I almost started a driveway sealing business with a buddy in high school, a few years before that process was found to be essentially useless.

Those guys do pretty well in our area, you can extend the life of an asphalt driveway for years by maintaining it properly. Who told you it was useless?

In New England WE'RE EFFING TIGHTWADS, with the temperature extremes, it's pretty useless, that's why we seal the cracks only, not the entire driveway.

FTFY

I'm a contractor who has lived and done business in the NYC area, the mountain west, and now in new hampshire.

As a group, you people in new england (I'm speaking of the natives, not transplants) give the concept of being a cheapskate a whole new meaning.

I gave up trying to work for the natives. All my clients are transplanted white collar folks. You crackers are in the same class as people from india. You aren't satisfied with getting a good deal. You want it for nothing.

As for sealing your driveway, some people do it for the aesthetics. It just looks nice when you recoat it.

Jake Havechek:Basily Gourt: Jake Havechek: Zeb Hesselgresser: Jake Havechek: I almost started a driveway sealing business with a buddy in high school, a few years before that process was found to be essentially useless.

Those guys do pretty well in our area, you can extend the life of an asphalt driveway for years by maintaining it properly. Who told you it was useless?

In New England WE'RE EFFING TIGHTWADS, with the temperature extremes, it's pretty useless, that's why we seal the cracks only, not the entire driveway.

FTFY

I'm a contractor who has lived and done business in the NYC area, the mountain west, and now in new hampshire.

As a group, you people in new england (I'm speaking of the natives, not transplants) give the concept of being a cheapskate a whole new meaning.

I gave up trying to work for the natives. All my clients are transplanted white collar folks. You crackers are in the same class as people from india. You aren't satisfied with getting a good deal. You want it for nothing.

As for sealing your driveway, some people do it for the aesthetics. It just looks nice when you recoat it.

Errr.......fark you?

Ok, I deserved that. I was a little testy this morning and went on an off-topic rant.

Sorry about that.

/ Jebus, I re-read that. I really did go a bit off the handle. No more posting before noon!/ No, I still won't take any more off the price though, ya tightwad!